DIREOTORY.] . HUMSHAUGH. 143 Middlemiss George & John, farmers, lery Volunteers (No. 4 Battery), Maj. Stephenson Bartholomew, Fishing Boat Boulmer farm W. Robinson inn, Boulmer Middlemiss William & Alexander, far- Patterson Thomas, farmer, Snableazes Stephenson Robt. shopkeeper, Boulmer mers, Seaton house Richardson Henry,shopkeeper,Boulmer Wood Penniment, grocer, Houlmer Moore George, boot maker Robin80n George, blacksmith Murray Gilbert, cartwright Scott James Laidler, farmer, Pepper- Little Houghton. Northumberland Whinstone Co. quarry moor farm Brown Major Robert owners (Mark Robison, manager; Sheel George, shopkeeper, &; post office McLain Mrs offices, 28 Clayton st. we. Newcastle) Sheel Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Glaholme William, farmer Northumberland 2nd (The Percy) Artil- Smith J ohn,farmer,LongHoughton hall Richardsou John, lime burner

HOWDON-ON-TYNE, 2 miles east from lation of the parish in I891 was 6,783, local board district, and 6 north-east from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, is a parish 962. formed from Wallsend Sept. 30, r859, and comprises Sexton, Robert Turnbull. W1LLINGTON township, south of the North Eastern railway, POST & M. O. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, and HOWDEN PANS township, in the Wansbeck division of -on-Tyne. _ George Teasdale, sub-postmaster. the county, eastern division of Castle ward, Letters arrive fromWillington Quay R.S.O. at 8 a.m.& 3 & petty sessional division and union, county & d' h d h 0a d·· I d f T h hd 7p·m.. lspatc e t ereto at 9·3 ,m., 12·30,3·30,5·30 court lstnct, rura eanery 0 ynemout, arc eaconry & 9.30 p.m.; snndays 3.45 p.m. is the of Northumberland and . Howdon, on nearest telegraph office July 5, 1864, adopted, for a portion of the parish, the "Local Government Act, I858" (21 and 22 Vict. c. 98), LOCAL BOARD. and the board consists of six members. The township was Board meets at the Black Bull inn, Dock street, on the first included in Morpeth Highway District, January 9, 1 863. thursday in month, at 1 p.m. The church of St. Paul, erected in 1876 at a cost of £2,800, Clerk, John Montgomery, 34 Blackett street, Newcastle is a building of stone, in the Gothic style, consisting of Treasurer, T. Hodgkin, Newcastle nave, aisles and south porch: there are sittings for 320 per- Surveyor, Collector & Sanitary Inspector, Robert Davidson, sons. The register dates from the year r860. The living Willington-on-Tyne is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £ r40, net yearly Medical Officer of Health, Charles Theodore Uvo Babst value £258, with the interest of grant for house £45, in L.R.C.p.Edin. Norman house, Willington Quay the gift of the Crown and Bishop of Newcastle alternately, and held since 1867 by the Rev. John Hughes, of St. Bees. CARRIER.-John More, to Newcastle, tues. thurs. & sat Here are Congregational and Primitive Methodist chapels. The children of this place attend the schools at Willington The area is 220 acres; rateable valne, £1,4°0; the popu- Quay Arnott Joseph, Royal Oak P.R. Main st FlandersWm.greengrocer,East Howdon IRiver Tyne Improvement Commis- Barr-a8s Robert, Duke of Wellington Gallant Gabriel Johnson, farmer,Saugh sioners' Works (Reginald Foster inn, East Howdon House farm, East Howdon Ward, manager) Bartram James, Shipwrights'Arms P.R. GeorgeHy.Queen'sHead inn, Brunton st Robinson Wm. tailor, Globe terrace North Bank Gray John Addison, beer retIr. Dock st Rutherford Adam, grocer,EastHowdon Bell John, Waggon inn, North Bank Howdon & Willing-ton Quay Association Rutherford Geo. provision dIr.Chapel st Burn Edward, station master &; coal for the Proteetion of Felons (Robert Short John, blacksmith, East Howdon merchant, Station Fenwick, sec) Smith Charles, pork butcher, Main st .christmas Wm.coal dealer,Whitehouse Howdon Recreation Club (William Thompson Thos.&Rt.btchrs.Ea.Howdn Clavering Geo.& Son,farmers,Church st Richardson, sec) Thompson Reuben, ship chandler, East Cook Thomas, shipsmith, East Howdon Johnson Sarah (Mrs.), draper, Main st Howdon Cookson &; Co. red & white lead manu- McLear Ellen (Miss),Ship inn,Chapelst Turnbull Thoma.s, butcher, Main street facturers, Hayhole works Meggat Sarah (Mrs.), greengrocer, East TweddleStanleyArmstrong&Co.grocers, Edwards' Shipbuilding Co. Limited Howdon • Main street (Cotin Gardner, sec.), Northumber- MorrisJames Patterson,butcher,Main st Watson Mary (Mrs.),shopkpr. Globe ter land shipyard Nichols John, greengrocer, Main street WeirWm. Thos. builder & contractor Paid Robert, cocoa rooms Peel James, cartman, Pit row Wightman John, ship chaudler, East Falconar W. A. & Co. Limited (J. C. Porteus Jane (Mrs.), shopkpr. Main st Howdon Clemitson, sec.), brewers &; wine &; Pretswell Edmund Forbes, provision Wilkinson Jane (Mrs.), grocer, Maiu st spirit merchants, Howdon brewery dealer, Main street WoodmanRobert,BlackBull inn,Dock st HOWleR is a parish and village one mile from the sea, of the Right Hon. Earl Grey K.G., P.C., G.C.M.G. was bnilt 1~ miles from Little Mill station on the main line of the in 1782 by Sir Harry Grey, ~md bart. the older house, North Eastern railway and 6 north-east from , attached to an ancient Border tower, being then pulled in the Berwick-on-Tweed division of the county, East down: the present house, which is in the Classic style, Coquetdale petty sessional division, Alnwick union and consists of a central block with two side buildings, united ,county court district, rural deanery of Alnwick, arch- to the main structure by circular wings: the entrance and deaconry of Lindisfarne and diocese of Newcastle. The innel' halls contain statuary and pIctures, and in the other .church of St. Michael, built of stone, in the Classic style, in apartments are a number of family portraits by Sir Thomas I744, on the site of a former church, was altered in r849 Lawrence, and busts, together with other beautiful works into an edifice in the Norman style; it consists of chancel, of art : the house stands in a well-timbered park of 280 nave and a belfry containing one bell: there are several acres, watered by two rivulets. Earl Grey, who is lord of good stained windows, and on the south side of the chancel the manor, and John Craster esq. D.L., J.P. of Craster is a marble monument with canopy of Caen stone richly Tower, Lesbury, are the chief landowners. The soil is decorated to Charles, 2nd Earl Grey K.G. prime minister generally heavy; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, 1830-4, d. J7 July, 1845: the church affords sittings for 200 oats, barley and turnips. The area is 1,632 acres of land persons. The register dates from the year I680. The living and 60 of foreshore; rateable value, £2,28r ; the popula­ is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £246, gross yearly tion in r891 was 266. value £250, net £185, with residence and 3 acres of glebe, Parish Clerk, William Dodson. in the gift- of the Bishop of Newcastle, and held since 1:885 Letters through. Lesbury R.S.O. arrive at 7.45 & ro a.ID. by the Rev. Charles Edward Green B.A. of University Lesbury is the nearest money order office, & telegraph College, Durham. The charities are of £25 yearly value. office at Little Mill railway station Here is a parish hall built by Miss Copley in r883, and used WALL LETTER Box, cleared at 2.50 & 5.35 p.m. ; sundays, as a reading room as well as for other parochial purposes. rr.45 a.m There are remains of Roman encampments, and many Church of School (mixed), for 60 children; average Roman coins have been found here. Howick Hall, the seat attendance, 4r ; William Dodson, master GreyTheRt.Hon.EarlK.G.,p.c.,G.c.M.G., Ronaldson Mrs. Howick grange Inglis David,head gardener,Howick hall J.P. Howick hall; &; Athenreum & Ainsley WaIter, blacksmith Manstield Johu Henry, l'esident agent Travellers' clubs, London sw Atkinson Thomas, farm bailiff to John to Earl Grey, Pasture house Green Rev.Charles Edward B.A.Rectory Craster esq Russell Robert, manager of works to Grey Albert Henry George LL.M., J.P. Campbell Donald,gamekpr.to EarlGrey the estate of Earl Grey Howick hall GrahamThos.farmsteward to EarlGrey lIUMSHAUGH is a township, chapelry and village, in court district, rural deanery of Bellingham, archdeaconryof the parish of Simonburn, three-quarters of a mile from Chol- Northumberland and diocese of Newcastle. The riverTyne, lerford stationon the North Britishrailway and similes north which flows to the west of the parish, is richly wooded, and from Hexham, in ~he Hexham division of the county, Tyne- abounds in salmon and trout. The chmch of St. Peter, dale petty IilQSIliODal divmOD, Hexham union and county erected in 1818, at a cost of £4,000, is an edifice of IStone, in